Author: Kate Rinsema

Nothing funnier than a joke about leeching and bleeding wounds to poke fun at ye olde medicinal practices, but scientists who decided to test out a medieval recipe on MRSA in mice wounds aren’t laughing: They’re shocked.

Even if you haven’t heard of it, you’ve heard a variation of it, considering this short clip from the 1969 B-side “Amen, Brother” has been used in at least 1500 songs and the original barely made a dime.

Okay, so Bigfoot isn’t the only thing the legendary Jane Goodall discusses with Ira Flatow of NPR’s Science Fridays in this entertaining animation, but how often do you get this kind of high-profile support for the biggest, hairiest mystery supposedly wandering the wilds?

Though memories of loved ones may always figuratively keep them close to our hearts, artist Merry Coor offers a more literal interpretation with memorial beads, baubles made from the ashes of the deceased.